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House flag of Fouquet SACOP - Image by Ivan Sache
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The Société Auxiliaire des Consommateurs de Produits Pétroliers (SACOP) was founded 193 by the Ambrogi family. SACOP was a very modest company, aimed at resupplying ships with oil from the Berre refineries, located west of Marseilles. Before the Second World War, the company operated three small coastal tankers, MS Bruni, MS Martigues and MS Ginouse. The three tankers were lost during the war.
In 1946, the company operated small tankers from the American Navy
surplus. In 1950, the company found a new associate, was renamed Fouquet
SOCAP; three new tankers were purchased in the Netherlands to
transport refined mineral oils. In 1965, Fouquet diversified its
activity with transport of olive oil, chemicals and other products. A
subsidiary, Société Maritime et Commerciale de Monaco (SOMARCO), was set up in Monaco for the commerce with the USA.
The company was sold in 1998 to the group Financière Neptune,
also owner of Gaz Atlantique. Today, Fouquet-SACOP operates seven tankers.
Source: Fouquet SACOP website
Ivan Sache, 26 February 2004
The house flag of Fouquet SACOP, as shown by Joseph Nuesse, is blue with a white seabird flying over two white waves.
Ivan Sache, 26 February 2004